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<blockquote data-quote="SeaPainter" data-source="post: 4668873" data-attributes="member: 79349"><p><u>THE WAITING BELOW</u>:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p>A strange "cult" that is beginning to surface across The Transitive Isles. </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ORGANIZATION<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">separate, individual (or pairs of) cells</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">cells are usually unaware that any other cells exist</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">cells operate independent of each other</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">each cell has a different purpose/mission/goal</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">MEMBERSHIP<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">each cell leader has a special template (for example, the "Demonic Acolyte")</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">agents don't come from any particular race or alignment</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">twin siblings are often leaders of paired cells</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">there will never be a single member with more than two pieces of "The Big Picture"</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">PURPOSE<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">to worship "The Waiting Below"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">to act in secret</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">work to achieve a particular task</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"THE WAITING BELOW"<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">an alien, Lovecraftian entity</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">iconography leans toward spirals, swirls & "tentacles"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">its goals are completely indecipherable to our minds</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">getting an understanding of "The Big Picture" would drive one of us insane...</li> </ul></li> </ul><p>This is just a rough outline of some ideas I've started to work on in order to answer the question: "What was Hoofchew up to?" (thanks Lord Sessadore)...</p><p> </p><p>It provides us a sort of catch-all, shadow organization that we can all adapt and add to in our adventures. We could even use it to bring about a zombie apocolypse. </p><p> </p><p>I'm not saying <em>everything</em> would have to tie into it (at least, not that we know of <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />), but it would just be there if we needed an origin for a group of zealots.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SeaPainter, post: 4668873, member: 79349"] [U]THE WAITING BELOW[/U]: A strange "cult" that is beginning to surface across The Transitive Isles. [LIST] [*]ORGANIZATION [LIST] [*]separate, individual (or pairs of) cells [*]cells are usually unaware that any other cells exist [*]cells operate independent of each other [*]each cell has a different purpose/mission/goal [/LIST] [*]MEMBERSHIP [LIST] [*]each cell leader has a special template (for example, the "Demonic Acolyte") [*]agents don't come from any particular race or alignment [*]twin siblings are often leaders of paired cells [*]there will never be a single member with more than two pieces of "The Big Picture" [/LIST] [*]PURPOSE [LIST] [*]to worship "The Waiting Below" [*]to act in secret [*]work to achieve a particular task [/LIST] [*]"THE WAITING BELOW" [LIST] [*]an alien, Lovecraftian entity [*]iconography leans toward spirals, swirls & "tentacles" [*]its goals are completely indecipherable to our minds [*]getting an understanding of "The Big Picture" would drive one of us insane... [/LIST] [/LIST]This is just a rough outline of some ideas I've started to work on in order to answer the question: "What was Hoofchew up to?" (thanks Lord Sessadore)... It provides us a sort of catch-all, shadow organization that we can all adapt and add to in our adventures. We could even use it to bring about a zombie apocolypse. I'm not saying [I]everything[/I] would have to tie into it (at least, not that we know of ;)), but it would just be there if we needed an origin for a group of zealots. [/QUOTE]
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